H.E.L.P. Student Guide: Barack Obama x will.i.am: "Yes We Can" (K-12 readers)

This issue of the Hip Hop Educational Literacy Program (H.E.L.P.) uses a portion of Barack Obama's 2008 "Yes We Can" speech (interpreted as a song of the same name by global music artist, will.i.am) as an anchor text for exploration to 60+ literacy-based activities, scaffolded across all reading levels, K-12: Beginner (K-2), Early (3-5) Intermediate (6-8) and Advanced (9-12).  An ideal, culturally responsive supplement to your Social Studies, American History and/or ELA curriculum. A Teacher's Guide is also available.

Themes include: Election Process, Political Campaigns, Public Speaking, American History, Timelines, Prominent Americans, Research, and Current Events 

Social Skills Development: Positive Self Concept, Multi-cultural Role Models 

Curriculum Integration: American History, American Literature, Communications, Statistics, Current Events